Premier range?

[goatfarmer]

Is this a Premier? Looks decent, whatever it is.

http://southbend.craigslist.org/app/1813243923.html

 

[tomturbomatic]

It looks more Roperish-Kenmore to me, but then I never saw a Premier range. Premier made vacuums and GE bought them out to have vacs. GE introduced gas dryers under the Premier label just in case they proved to be a disaster and because GE was only known for electric clothes dryers as were Westinghouse and Frigidaire, but all three companies added gas dryers to their lines. I think the Premier gas dryers proved such a success that the Premier name was only used a year or two at best before the gas dryers were sold under the GE name.

 

[hydralique]

I have two friends with Premier gas ranges, one being a 30" and the other 36". That pic is rather similar, but of course electric so it's hard to tell.

 

[circlew]

I think I remember seeing these 40" electric ranges in the mid-late 60's Sears catalog, so it's likely a Kenmore, or made by the same mfr., probably Roper. Unusual in that the controls are at the side. I bet lots of burned arms using this, especially if no room to stand to right to operate knobs. Speaking of Premier, my sister had a gas model (Avocado) in an old mobile home she lived in right after her first marriage.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Traditionally, Roper-built electric ranges do not use top heat in the oven during baking which is OK for fixing frozen food, but not good for great baking results.

 

[norgeway]

Looks like...

Magic Chef to me.